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Overview

Peter Staeheli is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to research at the intersection of medicine, immunology, microbiology, and molecular biology. Their work spans key topics in immune responses and infectious diseases, with a particular focus on interferon mechanisms and viral infections.

Their recent scientific output includes studies published in notable journals such as Acta Neuropathologica Communications, Science, Science Translational Medicine, Science Immunology, and the Journal of Hepatology. Among these publications are:

  • "Different effects of constitutive and induced microbiota modulation on microglia in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "Rare variant MX1 alleles increase human susceptibility to zoonotic H7N9 influenza virus," 2021, Science
  • "An affinity-enhanced, broadly neutralizing heavy chain-only antibody protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection in animal models," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Selective Janus kinase inhibition preserves interferon-λ-mediated antiviral responses," 2021, Science Immunology
  • "A dual role for hepatocyte-intrinsic canonical NF-κB signaling in virus control," 2020, Journal of Hepatology

Their work is often found in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) as well, reflecting engagement with preliminary dissemination to the scientific community.

Research fields where Peter Staeheli has contributed include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

They have produced work in several relevant subfields such as:

  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology

The core topics of their scientific investigations encompass:

  • interferon and immune responses
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Peter Staeheli frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Daniel Schnepf
  • Annette Ohnemus
  • Martin Schwemmle
  • Liang Ye
  • Stefania Crotta

Best Publications

  • Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS

    Daniel Erny;Anna Lena Hrabě de Angelis;Diego Jaitin;Peter Wieghofer

  • IFN-lambda (IFN-lambda) is expressed in a tissue-dependent fashion and primarily acts on epithelial cells in vivo.

    Caroline Sommereyns;Sophie Paul;Peter Staeheli;Thomas Michiels

  • Mx protein: Constitutive expression in 3T3 cells transformed with cloned Mx cDNA confers selective resistance to influenza virus

    P. Staeheli;O. Haller;W. Boll;J. Lindenmann

  • Priming of Natural Killer Cells by Nonmucosal Mononuclear Phagocytes Requires Instructive Signals from Commensal Microbiota

    Stephanie C. Ganal;Stephanie L. Sanos;Carsten Kallfass;Karin Oberle

  • Resistance to influenza virus and vesicular stomatitis virus conferred by expression of human MxA protein.

    J Pavlovic;T Zürcher;O Haller;P Staeheli

  • An important role for type III interferon (IFN-lambda/IL-28) in TLR-induced antiviral activity.

    Nina Ank;Marie B. Iversen;Christina Bartholdy;Peter Staeheli

  • Lambda interferon renders epithelial cells of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts resistant to viral infections.

    Markus Mordstein;Eva Neugebauer;Vanessa Ditt;Birthe Jessen

  • Mx GTPases: dynamin-like antiviral machines of innate immunity

    Otto Haller;Peter Staeheli;Martin Schwemmle;Georg Kochs

  • Interferon-induced Mx proteins in antiviral host defense.

    Otto Haller;Peter Staeheli;Georg Kochs

  • Interferon-induced proteins and the antiviral state.

    Peter Staeheli

  • IFN-lambda determines the intestinal epithelial antiviral host defense.

    Johanna Pott;Tanel Mahlakõiv;Markus Mordstein;Claudia U. Duerr

  • Human and mouse Mx proteins inhibit different steps of the influenza virus multiplication cycle.

    J Pavlovic;O Haller;P Staeheli

  • cDNA structures and regulation of two interferon-induced human Mx proteins.

    M Aebi;J Fäh;N Hurt;C E Samuel

  • 300 million years of conserved synteny between chicken Z and human chromosome 9

    Indrajit Nanda;Zhihong Shan;Manfred Schartl;Dave W. Burt

  • Oxeiptosis, a ROS-induced caspase-independent apoptosis-like cell-death pathway.

    Cathleen Holze;Chloé Michaudel;Claire Mackowiak;Darya A. Haas

  • Interferon-lambda contributes to innate immunity of mice against influenza A virus but not against hepatotropic viruses

    Markus Mordstein;Georg Kochs;Laure Dumoutier;Jean-Christophe Renauld

  • Influenza virus-susceptible mice carry Mx genes with a large deletion or a nonsense mutation.

    P Staeheli;R Grob;E Meier;J G Sutcliffe

  • Interferon induces a unique protein in mouse cells bearing a gene for resistance to influenza virus.

    M A Horisberger;P Staeheli;O Haller

  • Adjuvant effects of IL-1β, IL-2, IL-8, IL-15, IFN-α, IFN-γ TGF-β4 and lymphotactin on DNA vaccination against Eimeria acervulina

    Wongi Min;Hyun S Lillehoj;Joan Burnside;Kirsten C Weining

  • Microbiota-Driven Tonic Interferon Signals in Lung Stromal Cells Protect from Influenza Virus Infection.

    Konrad C. Bradley;Katja Finsterbusch;Daniel Schnepf;Stefania Crotta

  • Interferon-λ and interleukin 22 act synergistically for the induction of interferon-stimulated genes and control of rotavirus infection

    Pedro P Hernández;Pedro P Hernández;Tanel Mahlakõiv;Ines Yang;Vera Schwierzeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Otto Haller
Otto Haller University of Freiburg
Georg Kochs
Georg Kochs University of Freiburg
Bernd Kaspers
Bernd Kaspers Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Martin Schwemmle
Martin Schwemmle University of Freiburg
Thomas Michiels
Thomas Michiels Université Catholique de Louvain
Ulrich Kalinke
Ulrich Kalinke Hannover Medical School
Rune Hartmann
Rune Hartmann Aarhus University
Adolfo García-Sastre
Adolfo García-Sastre Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bernhard Ryffel
Bernhard Ryffel University of Orléans
Xavier Saelens
Xavier Saelens Ghent University

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